Christian Vasquez Leon
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Introduction
A bit about myself, I was born in El Salvador, but grew up in Los Angeles, California. I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2020 with a BA in Data Science as a Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholarship recipient and MLT Career Prep Fellow.
I have 4-years of software engineering experience and I am looking for roles in and outside of tech. I have a drive to learn new skills and technologies, volunteer in my community, and have a positive impact in the teams I work with.
I am a passionate individual looking for new roles to grow my technical and interpersonal skills. I currently live in NYC, but am looking for opportunities throughout the US.
Outside of work, my interests include hiking, running, animation, mentoring low-income HS students through Minds Matter and volunteering at various other non-profits.
Work History
Fullstack Software Engineer @ Target HQ
Fullstack Software Engineer in Target’s Marketing Messaging Platform team, also known as Morpheus. It is Target’s key product team that orchestrates and deploys personalize email and push marketing campaigns to millions of Target guests every day. The team controls direct communications to guests and has substantial impact to Target’s bottom line, with tens of millions of dollars of revenue correlated to various Morpheus applications.
I joined Morpheus after finishing the Technology Leadership Program in October 2021. Since that time and up to the present, I have gained experience working with a diverse set of frontend, backend, and big data technologies.
Tools and Technologies: React, Javascript, Praxis, Kotlin, Kafka, Spring Boot, Restful API Development, MongoDB, DBeaver, Scala, XML, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Hyperion, BigRed3, Redis, Python
Major Projects
- Composer UI: Praxis 8 to 17 Update
- Composer UI: Feature Validation Page
- Composer UI: Push Content Proof Modal
- Backend & Composer UI: Push Campaign Scheduler
- Backend: Create Push A/B Test Endpoints
- Big Data: Standard Guest Attribute Segments
Software Engineer @ Target Technology Leadership Program
Part of Target’s Technology Leadership Program Fall 2020 cohort. Completed two 6-month rotations in the following teams:
Rotation 1: Supply Chain Business Data Platform Team (ie Krakatoa)
Gained familiarity with technologies like Kotlin, PostgreSQL, and Kafka to develop new features for various RESTful supply chain APIs
Major Projects:
- Salesfloor Presentation Unit Details
- End of Season Relationships Endpoint
Rotation 2: Emerging Technologies, Assent Team
Spearheaded the development of new features in a proof-of-concept work-flow tool using technologies like Typescript, Relay, and GraphQL
Major Projects:
- Assent POC Tool
- Squarespace site w/ Dev Plugins
Frontend Intern @ Activision
A summer 3-month internship program where I closely worked with UX designers and project managers in the development of various internal Activision websites.
The tech stack I worked on this summer included HTML/CSS/JS and Adobe Experience Manager. Through this program, I was able to attain my first software engineer experience in front-end development.
Artifacts
Recent Side Projects
MTA Open Data Challenge, Fall 2024
Created an MTA Subway Origin-Destination Ridership Estimate Map in Tableau as part of the MTA’s first Open Data Challenge.
Check out the final tableau dashboard: MTA Subway Origin Destination Ridership Estimate Map 2024
Get the full project details by visiting: MTA-Subway-OD-Ridership-Script Repo